Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Subordo: Mulloidei
Familia: Mullidae
Genus: Mulloidichthys
Species: M. ayliffe – M. dentatus – M. flavolineatus – M. martinicus – M. mimicus – M. pfluegeri – M. vanicolensis
Name
Mulloidichthys Whitley, 1929
References
Uiblein, F., 2011: Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species. Smithiana Bulletin 13: 51–73. Abstract: [1].
Links
Mulloidichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Mulloidichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
Mulloidichthys is a genus of fish in the family Mullidae native to coral and rocky reefs of the tropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
Mulloidichthys ayliffe Uiblein, 2011 (Indian mimic goatfish) [3]
Mulloidichthys dentatus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican goatfish)
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacépède, 1801)
M. f. flavicaudus Fernández-Silva & J. E. Randall, 2016 (Yellow-tail goatfish) [4]
M. f. flavolineatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Yellow-stripe goatfish)
Mulloidichthys martinicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Yellow goatfish)
Mulloidichthys mimicus J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1980 (Mimic goatfish)
Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner, 1900) (Orange goatfish)
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Yellow-fin goatfish)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Mulloidichthys in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2002). Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 400. ISBN 9780691089959.
Uiblein, Franz (2011). "Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species". Smithiana Bulletin. 13: 51–73.
Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Randall, John E.; Golani, Daniel; Bogorodsky, Sergey V. (2016). "Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea". ZooKeys (605): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.8060. PMC 4978075. PMID 27551217.
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